Xbox Live accounts of “high-profile” Microsoft employees have been targeted in a hacking attempt that has been linked to U.S. social security numbers. The company is now working with law enforcement agencies to track down those responsible.

Presenting at the Black Hat conference in Amsterdam, as reported by ArsTechnica, security experts at ReVuln highlighted a potential exploit in Origin. Essentially, the exploit could allow hackers to send your browser to an auto-download malware site when you try to launch a game – but most browsers guard against this kind of thing, and […]

The Next Web reports a hacker has exposed a hole in iOS’s in-app purchasing system which allows users to circumvent the actual paying part of the transaction. Naturally Apple is scurrying to plug the security leak, even going so far as to make copyright claims on YouTube videos demonstrating the method, but hasn’t yet found […]

Sony has withdrawn Super Collapse 3 from sale on most regional PlayStation Stores. Polygon reports the PSP title was taken down within 24 hours of hacker group Wololo’s announcement of the game’s vulnerability to exploit. Although the group’s effort does not enable pirated games, it does allow for homebrew apps and games, something the Japanese […]

Sony’s announced MotorStorm: Arctic Edge and Hot Shots Tennis: Get A Grip are once again available for download on the PS Store now that alterations have been made to deter hackers. In late March, Sony pulled Hot Shots Tennis from the PS Store due an exploit which would allow the use of a homebrew loader […]

Xbox Live accounts of “high-profile” Microsoft employees have been targeted in a hacking attempt that has been linked to U.S. social security numbers. The company is now working with law enforcement agencies to track down those responsible.

Presenting at the Black Hat conference in Amsterdam, as reported by ArsTechnica, security experts at ReVuln highlighted a potential exploit in Origin. Essentially, the exploit could allow hackers to send your browser to an auto-download malware site when you try to launch a game – but most browsers guard against this kind of thing, and […]

The Next Web reports a hacker has exposed a hole in iOS’s in-app purchasing system which allows users to circumvent the actual paying part of the transaction. Naturally Apple is scurrying to plug the security leak, even going so far as to make copyright claims on YouTube videos demonstrating the method, but hasn’t yet found […]

Sony has withdrawn Super Collapse 3 from sale on most regional PlayStation Stores. Polygon reports the PSP title was taken down within 24 hours of hacker group Wololo’s announcement of the game’s vulnerability to exploit. Although the group’s effort does not enable pirated games, it does allow for homebrew apps and games, something the Japanese […]

Sony’s announced MotorStorm: Arctic Edge and Hot Shots Tennis: Get A Grip are once again available for download on the PS Store now that alterations have been made to deter hackers. In late March, Sony pulled Hot Shots Tennis from the PS Store due an exploit which would allow the use of a homebrew loader […]

Microsoft has restored the Xbox Live account and refunded all unauthorized charges accrued due to a “phishing scam” XBL user SusanT suffered when her account was sold to the highest bidder on a Chinese website.

Trion Worlds announced today that its RIFT account database has been hacked, and private information such as: user names, passwords, birth dates, billing and email addresses, along with the first and last four digits of stored credit card information could have been compromised. However, the firm states that at this time, there is “no evidence” […]

Square Enix has updated its Members website, which was hacked last week, to confirm no user data was compromised: “As a result of our continuing investigation, we have now confirmed that the database in which we store personal information was NOT accessed during the recent server intrusion. Therefore, your personal information was NOT compromised by […]